J-WAFS researchers are using remote sensing observations to build high-resolution systems to monitor drought.

Open-source tool from MIT’s Senseable City Lab lets people check air quality, cheaply.

A new method for removing the greenhouse gas from the ocean could be far more efficient than existing systems for removing it from the air.

Scientists have confirmed that a “stabilizing feedback” on 100,000-year timescales keeps global temperatures in check.

Up to one-third of the carbon consumed by Prochlorococcus may come from sources other than photosynthesis.

A fourth-generation civil engineer, graduate student Katerina Boukin researches the growing yet misunderstood threat of pluvial flooding, including flash floods.

With over 200 published papers, multiple books, and countless media appearances, Emanuel’s 41 years at MIT have been marked by influential research into hurricane formation and climate change outreach.

The grants total over $1 million in support of research that addresses issues in the water and food sectors.

Through the year-long MCSC Climate and Sustainability Scholars Program, students have the opportunity to lead research projects.

To better inform local policy in the face of changing weather extremes, MIT researchers seek to advance the modeling of long-term weather risks.